Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/turu

This Proto-Ryukyuan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *turu (“crane”).

Pronunciation

Tone class: A

Noun

*turu

crane

Descendants

- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 鶴 (turu)
  - Kunigami: 鶴 (chirū /⁠tɕìɾúː⁠/)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 鶴 (tsïru)
  - Okinawan: 鶴 (tsiru /⁠tsíɾù⁠/)
  - Okinoerabu: 鶴 (tsuru /⁠tsùɾú⁠/)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 鶴 (tïru /⁠tɨ̀ɾû⁠/)
  - ⇒ Tokunoshima: 鶴ん鳥 (tsïruntui) (< *turu-n-tui)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 鶴 (churu)
  - Yaeyama: 鶴 (tsïru /⁠tsɨ́ɾù⁠/)
  - ⇒ Yonaguni: 鶴鳩 (chiru-hatu /⁠tɕìɾû.hàtù⁠/) (< *turu-pato)